| Title |
Steng & Paxson |
| Date |
fl. 1872-1877 |
| Description |
Steng & Paxson, the partnership between August Steng and Francis C. Paxson (1840-1900), was active in the Philadelphia lithographic
trade 1872-1877. The firm located at 326 Chestnut Street specialized in job printing for the banking trade, including checks,
certificates, and notes.
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Following the dissolution of the partnership, Steng partnered briefly with William Boell and continued to work as a printer
in the city until ca. 1883. He may be the August Steng listed as a butcher in city directories 1888-1890. Steng primarily
resided in North Philadelphia, including 522 North Third Street (1873) and 2538 North Alder Street (1877-1881), during his
time in the printing trade. In 1883, he resided in Center City.
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Paxson also remained in the lithographic trade until the early 1880s in the firm F. C. Paxson & Co. (439 Chestnut Street).
A salesman and a clerk before partnering with Steng, Paxson lived in Center City and Germantown while he worked as a lithographer.
His residences included 529 North Nineteenth Street (ca. 1870-ca. 1879). Paxson died on February 11, 1900 with his late residence
on Clarkson Avenue in Germantown.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Boell, William. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1880 |
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Library Company of Philadelphia research file |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1867-1890 (intermittently) |
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Pennsylvania, Vol. 152, p. 92, R.G. Dun & Co. Collection, microfilm, Hagley Museum & Library |
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Philadelphia Inquirer, February 14, 1900 |
